Eldridge Cleaver

Born: 1935-08-31

Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Cleaver wrote Soul on Ice, a collection of essays that, at the time of its publication, was praised by The New York Times Book Review as "brilliant and revealing".


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Malcolm X

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-05-24

James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the...

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Black Panthers

as Self
Released: 1968-12-01

A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by...

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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

as Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Released: 2015-03-08

The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting...

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All Power to the People!

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1996-06-01

Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former...

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A Huey P. Newton Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2001-06-18

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his...

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Leaving Cleaver

as Self
Released: 1999-01-01

In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with...

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1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie)

as Self
Released: 1971-06-08

Lighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration...

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Repression

as uncredited
Released: 1969-01-01

The important L.A. Newsreel film about the Black Panthers that was rediscovered and written...

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Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther

as Self
Released: 1970-08-24

The portrait of Eldridge Cleaver, the "Minister of Information" for the Black Panthers movement,...

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COINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1990-01-01

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a...

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A Decade of Struggle

as Self
Released: 1980-06-01

This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil...

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Off the Pig (Newsreel #19)

as uncredited
Released: 1968-01-01

A compelling document of the Black Panther Party leadership in 1967. This film contains a prison...

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Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)

as uncredited
Released: 1971-06-01

An absolute unknown work among Marker’s collaborations, made by filmmakers Bill Stephens, Paul...

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Around South Central

as uncredited
Released: 1970-01-01

Documentary about the West Coast Black Panthers, the deadly crackdown by the FBI and police forces.

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